Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Luís de Camões across 3 places, from 1517 to 1580.
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Luís Vaz de Camões (or 1525 – 10 June 1580), sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns, is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Luís de Camões was documented, and when
1517 to 1524period
Lisbonattested“Although the first biographers of Camões, Severin de Faria and Manoel Correa, initially gave his year of birth as 1517, records of the Lists of the Casa da Índia, later consulted by Manuel de Faria e Sousa, seem to establish that Camões…”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1524year
Lisbonattested“Her only son, Luís Vaz de Camões, according to Jayne, Fernandes and some other authors, was born in Lisbon in 1524.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1550year
Lisbonattested“A document dating from 1550 states that he had enlisted to travel to India: "Luís de Camões, son of Simão Vaz and Ana de Sá, living in Lisbon, at Mouraria; squire, 25 years old, ginger bearded, brought his father as guarantor; goes on th…”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1550year
Indiaattested“A document dating from 1550 states that he had enlisted to travel to India: "Luís de Camões, son of Simão Vaz and Ana de Sá, living in Lisbon, at Mouraria; squire, 25 years old, ginger bearded, brought his father as guarantor; goes on th…”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1572year
Indiaattested“The king, still a teenager, ordered the work to be published in 1572, also granting a small pension to "Luís de Camões, noble knight of my House", in payment for services rendered in India.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1580year
Spainattested“Camões' fame began to spread across Spain, where he had several admirers since the 16th century, with two translations of Os Lusíadas appearing in 1580, the year of the poet's death, possibly printed at the behest of Philip II of Spain,…”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
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7 March 1553exact date
Indiamentioned“Sentenced to prison, he later received a letter of pardon and was released by royal order on 7 March 1553, which says: "he is a young man and poor and he is going to serve in India this year".”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
24 March 1553exact date
Tagusmentioned“He traveled aboard the carrack São Bento, belonging to the fleet of Fernão Álvares Cabral, which left the Tagus on 24 March 1553.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1554year
Cape of Good Hopementioned“During the trip he passed through the regions where Vasco da Gama had sailed, faced a storm in the Cape of Good Hope where the three other ships in the fleet were lost, and landed in Goa in 1554.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
December 1567month
Lisbonmentioned“Whether it was by invitation, or simply a matter of taking the chance to bridge part of the distance that separated him from his homeland, it is not known for certain, but in December 1567 Camões embarked on Pedro Barreto's ship to Sofal…”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
December 1567month
Sofalamentioned“Whether it was by invitation, or simply a matter of taking the chance to bridge part of the distance that separated him from his homeland, it is not known for certain, but in December 1567 Camões embarked on Pedro Barreto's ship to Sofal…”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1568 to 1569period
Mozambiquementioned“He was seen working on it in Mozambique by his friend historian Diogo do Couto between 1568 and 1569.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
7 April 1570exact date
Cascaismentioned“His friends, however, collected the amount and Camões was released, arriving in Cascais aboard the carrack Santa Clara on 7 April 1570.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
1581year
Indiamentioned“It is a "very faithful copy" that: Also surviving is a miniature painted in India in 1581, by order of Fernão Teles de Meneses and offered to the viceroy D.”source: Wikipedia: Luís de Camões
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